The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-21
MR.. BRANDT'S WEDDING.

common cnOnBll lOI tndJ Hihlbct III
real life-a beautiful girl with two low
srs, one mddie.aged and wealthy, ia
vored by the girls father; the other,
younger and favored by the girl her
self. 1t is always the younger man
who gets the girls ear in these cases,
and it is always the middle-aged man
who secures papa's interest-proba-
bly, il he were not able to do so he
would be out Of the running altogeth-
er.
The only pecullarities in the pres
ent case were that the girl was par
ticulary pretty and the middle.aged
suiter particularly Objectionable.
Kate Thompson was sure that Mr..
Brandt wore n wig, and that was the
least OF his enormities He was a
German. us his name betokened, and
ne was fat fair and forty. He was
well of or papa would not have had
anything TO say for him--indeed he
was more than well oil. Schmitz,
Brandt d IIelnblatt were bankers,
money-changers, commission agents
and great many things besides; and
they prospered rs Germans do some
how prosper, even i'm this over-popu-
lated country.
Joseph Thompson, who traded all
by himself under the style of "Thomp'
son & Co.." was u very much smaller
man, and he felt considerably pleased
when the wealthy German banker be-
gan to pay his addresses to his daugh-
ter. If beauty only wereconsidered in
these matters, rs in the old fairy-tale
days, Kate Thompson might have
married n prince. Her mother had
been a lady, and she had given her
child share OF highly organized ma
ture as well Us her beauty. Kate always
appeared among girls OF her own rank
like n princess in disguise.
This at least was the opinion of Mr..
Frederick Winter. In his capacity OF
friend OF Miss Thompson's brother
Tom, young Winter had the right OF
admission to Mr. Thompson's house;
and this privilege he used so well
that while Herr Brandt was open
ing his eyes to the fact that his friend
Thompson's daughter was a remark
ably fine girl, Fred had already ad-
vanced a long way IN Hates good
opinion. It so happened that Winter
was one of the clerks in Brandt's Of
fee, but neither Fred nor his employ
er knew that the other was acqualnt-
ed with the object of his admiration.
IL wasnot till after a regular period
OF boquet-presenting and compliments
that MIR. Brandt made MS proposal,
and great was his astonishment when
he found that Kate refused him. At
first he would not believe that such n
thing was possible, and took, or al
fected to take, the girls timid words
as merely the affect OF maidenly coy
ness, not to be understood seriously.
ooh no, my dear young lady, you
do not mean it, you are taken by sur
prise, perhaps; you want time to re-
ilect. | will speak Of this again-say
next week"
"Indeed, you are mistaken, Mr..
Brandt" said Kate, with more spirit,
IL respect you very much as papa's
friend, but | cannot marry you.
Please let us say no more about the
matter" And with these words the
zirl cleverly escaped from the room
and closed the door behind her.
A remarkably ugly look came over
.he Germans face at this moment.
"Sohl My fine mees; we-shall-see!'
Nc exclaimed through his teeth.
His first care was to seek out Kate
'ather and lay the matter before hum.
Thompson, poor man, was nightly
disturbed. lie saw that the banker
was seriously offended, and he was a
dangerous man to offend. So, as the
readiest way out OF the difficulty, he
made light OF his daughters decision,
said she was certain TO change her
mind. and added that her Judgment
was disturbed by a little Irritation she
had been carrying on with n young
fellow called Winter, but he would see
that was put a stop to.
"Winterl" echoed the banker. 81
nave a young man OF that name in
nv Office. Ii cannot be he, surely?
No, no; it would be too absurd"
upon my word ] can't say, but ]
think il very likely. I'll ask Tom"
Tom could not deny that his friend
and Messrs. Schmitz. Brandt & Hern-
blatt's junior-assistant ledger clerk
were the same man. and the banker
soon proceeded to sweep the unlucky